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CONFIDENTIAL

IN

PRESENT STATE WHERE INTENSE CONFLICTS EXIST, WHERE FEELINGS ARE RUNNING HIGH AND ATTITUDES IRRETRIEVABLY HARDENED, THESE RCUMSTANCES, IT WOULD BE UNREALISTIC TO ENVISAGE THAT

NORMAL SCHOOL LIFE COULD RESUME OR ANY DEGREE OF HARMONY COULD BE ACHIEVED IF THE CONFLICTING PARTIES WERE PUT TOGETHER

AGAIN.

7. WE HAVE TAKEN COGNIZANCE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY THE

SUPERVISOR OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD GOLDEN JUBILEE SECONDARY SCHOOL ON THE 14TH MAY 1978, THAT A NEW CATHOLIC MISSION SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS ST. TERESA SECONDARY SCHOOL WILL BE OPENED IN THE PREMISE OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL BUT HAVING REGARD TO

(A) THE FACTORS AS SET OUT IN PARAGRAPH 6 ABOVE, AND

(B) OUR OBJECTIVE OF AVOIDING RECURRENCE OF A SIMILAR STATE

OF AFFAIRS,

THE COMMITTEE NOW RECOMMENDS THE SIMULTANEOUS ESTABLISHMENT OF

AN ADDITIONAL NEW SCHOOL TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE WHO DO NOT ACCEPT THE ARRANGEMENTS ANNOUNCED BY THE SUPERVISOR. THE TWO SCHOOLS

WILL CO-EXIST AND PARENTS OF STUDENTS WILL BE AT LIBERTY TO ENROL THEIR CHARGES AT EITHER ESTABLISHMENT. YET A FURTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO ARRANGE, IF POSSIBLE, FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE AT PRESENT STUDYING IN OTHER SCHOOLS TO CONTINUE THERE IF THEY SO

WISH.

8. WE RECOMMEND THAT THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, BEING THE STATUTORY

AUTHORITY FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION IN HONG KONG, BE GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SETTING UP OF THE PROPOSED NEW SCHOOL IN

SEPTEMBER. AS THE SCHOOL IS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE FORMER PRECIOUS. BLOOD GOLDEN JUBILEE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO CHOOSE, WITH THE CONSENT OF THEIR PARENTS, TO CONTINUE THEIR SCHOOLING THERE,

THIS CLASSES SHOULD BE PROVIDED ONLY FROM MIDDLE 2 TO MIDDLE 5.

ARRANGEMENT MAY BE REVIEWED AFTER ONE YEAR.

9. WE RECOMMEND THAT, FOR THE PROPOSED NEW SCHOOL, THE DIRECTORY

OF EDUCATION APPROACH SUITABLE PERSONS TO BE THE SUPERVISOR AND

MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, WHO WILL APPOINT THE PRINCIPAL AND TEACHING STAFF. WE FURTHER RECOMMEND THAT THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE INVITE APPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING POSTS FROM THOSE TEACHERS WHO ARE NOT BEING OFFERED CONTRACTS AT ST. TERESA

SECONDARY SCHOOL.

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